German Netflix

In preparation for our upcoming German classes in the fall semester, a friend an I are doing lots of Duolingo and outside studying. As part of this, we want to watch a Netflix show - an episode or two a week or so - with the German audio (and preferably subtitles, but not mandatory), then discuss what happened in the episode with each other completely in German.

Does anybody have some recommendations for good shows on Netflix whose audio is available in German from the US? Currently on the table is Stranger Things and 13 Reasons Why.

We're trying to stay away from shows with really complex themes (like Black Mirror) or that might have lots of sci-fi or fantasy gibberish/jargon.

7/23/2017, 3:19:48 AM

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I highly recommend Deutschland 83. There's only one season, but I've watched it twice! The second time I watched it was with a German friend. He was surprised he hadn't heard of the series considering that he enjoyed it so much.

Land of Mine (Under Sandet) is a great film, as well as We Are Young, We are Strong (Wir Sind Jung, Wir Sind Stark). However, both of these movies are really quite dark.

Unfortunately all of these films focus on Germany's past. I've struggled to find any good shows which don't have a main theme of war. The only other one I have is watched is Love Me! which is a Netflix Original, but I can't recommend this film too much.

I have also been recommend Lammbock by a German friend. This movie (judging by the cover and synopsis) appears to be very similar to Pineapple Express

Most of the Netflix Originals seem to have German audi. I watched Stranger Things in German and it was very good! I can recommend Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency as well, and A Series of Unfortunate Events, which both have German audio (though I watched them in English). Currently watching Rick und Morty auf Deutsch. But yeah there's lots on there! Go to the drop down menu at the top and click Audio and Subtitles, then select German audio and it will filter for programmes with German audio :)